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The Uvalde Police Department took action to improve the way the law enforcement agency responds to a crisis such as mass shootings prior to the U.S. Department of Justice’s critical incident review of the Robb Elementary School shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers, the city said in a news release Thursday.

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Fourteen people were hurt in the shooting.

Three dead in shooting incident in Austin Jim Vertuno/AP Police and emergency personnel work at the scene of a fatal shooting, Sunday, April 18, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Emergency responders say several people have been fatally shot in Austin and that no suspect is in custody. EMS spokeswoman Capt. Christa Stedman said early Sunday afternoon that it was still an active scene. (AP Photo/Jim Vertuno) and last updated 2021-04-18 15:51:06-04 AUSTIN, Texas — Three people have died in a shooting...

By Joseph Choi - 04/18/21 02:26 PM EDT   Three people were killed in a shooting at an apartment complex in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, authorities said. The Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services said police and paramedics responded to an active shooter situation around 11:42 a.m. Three adults were declared dead at the scene, officials said. Around 2 p.m. the Austin Police Department (APD) said what they initially believed to be a possible active shooter situation now appears to h...

Three Killed in Apparent Domestic Situation, Suspect at Large, Say Austin Police 18 Apr 2021 Officials in Austin, Texas, report three people died in an active shooter situation on the city’s northwest side on Sunday afternoon. The suspect is at large and police are engaged in a manhunt. Austin-Travis County EMS officials tweeted that three people died in a shooting incident in the city’s Arboretum area. The EMS dispatchers sent 15 assets to the scene. Multiple #ATCEMS, @AustinFireInfo & @Au...

2 women, 1 man dead as suspect remains at-large in northwest Austin, police says Published:  Updated:  Tags:  The shooting happened around 11:30 a.m. in the 9600 block of Great Hills Trail. Vehicles near the scene of the active shooter situation in Austin, Texas, April 18, 2018. (Copyright 2021 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) KXAN, citing the Austin-Travis County EMS, said three people have been killed. Multiple #ATCEMS, @AustinFireInfo & @Austin_Police assets responding/on-sce...

In March 2021, the FBI and CISA observed advanced persistent threat (APT) attackers scanning devices on ports 4443, 8443, and 10443 for CVE-2018-13379 in FortiOS. They also noticed attackers scanning enumerated devices for CVE-2020-12812 and CVE-2019-5591. Officials believe attackers are attempting to access multiple government, commercial, and technology services networks. "The APT actors may be using any or all of these CVEs to gain access to networks across multiple critical infrastructure s...